Known to be a very determined player who played with vigor.
Smart player with a good understanding of the game.
Had Irish roots as his paternal grandfather came to Canada from Northern Ireland in 1842.
Played both lacrosse and ice hockey. Moved to Regina at the age of seven.
Educated at Regina collegiate institute and earned a B.A. at University of Saskatchewan.
Then went to Oxford University (1922-25). He had a lengthy and varied graduate training.
Between 1925 and 1932 he practiced at St.Mary’s hospital in London, England.
He later worked at St.John’s Hopkins hospital in Baltimore, USA.
From 1936 he was in Toronto, active at University of Toronto and as an attending physician at Toronto western hospital until 1946.
After the war he went back to London and served as a senior consultant in army medical research.
Part of the national research council of Canada 1942-47. In 1949 he was the chief physician of the Toronto Western Hospital.
On retirement in 1962 he was appointed emeritus professor of medicine.
Died in 1964 of cardiac infarction just like his father.
One of his fellow students from Oxford said: “He was not just one of my friends, but the one from whom I got sparks of fire. He was gay, unscared, naughty, unsentimental, shrewd and eager. The world has become a chillier place for me.” PH